Platts editors analyse the top oil news and pricing stories from around the globe. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/oil/Europe/index/ en-us Copyright (c) 2012 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. http://www.mcgraw-hill.com Energy News http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/LANDINGPAGESXML/HeaderImages/platts-logo.gif http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/oil/Europe/index/ Platts webeditor@platts.com no Platts editors analyse the top oil news and pricing stories from around the globe. Platts editors analyze the top oil news and pricing stories from around the globe. This is a collection of Platts three key oil podcast series -- 'What's moving the European oil market,' 'What's moving the Americas oil market,' and the 'Oil Roundtable: top three news stories'. oil,crude,news,energy,platts,jet fuel,diesel,gasoline,HSFO,LSFO,brent,gasoil,OPEC,Nymex,shipping,refining,petroleum Platts jamie_mcduell@platts.com Andrew Bonnington Anna Ward Andrew Bonnington, EMEA managing editor for refined oil products, and Anna Ward, EMEA naphtha associate editor, discuss the European naphtha market, focusing on its rising strength on supply shortages going into 2012, compared with the fourth quarter of 2011. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/oil/Europe/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2012/feb/euromover020312.mp3 03 Feb 2012 10:30:00 EST 3:08 Platts,oil,petroleum,naphtha,petrochemicals,petchems,supply,refining,refiners,refined products Jeff Mower Alison Ciaccio Jeff Mower, editor-in-chief of Oilgram Price Report, and Alison Ciaccio, futures reporter, discuss how as refinery capacity has shrunk recently in the US and in Europe, NYMEX RBOB and heating oil futures prices have risen, outpacing crude prices. Refining margins have improved as a result, although not enough to prevent some refineries from shutting down, keeping gasoline and heating oil prices primed for further gains. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/oil/Americas/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2012/feb/amermover020112.mp3 1 Feb 2012 18:00:00 EST 6:16 Platts,oil,petroleum,fuel oil,refinery,RBOB,NYMEX,prices,gasoline, Benno Spencer Ned Malloy Benno Spencer, EMEA dirty products team leader and Ned Molloy, EMEA fuel oil editor, discuss the current dichotomy of the fuel oil complex, focusing on the weakness of the low sulfur fuel oil bunker and utility market across Europe and the near record strength of the high sulfur fuel oil market both in Europe and Asia. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Europe http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2012/jan/euromover012512.mp3 25 Jan 2012 08:15:00 EST 5:56 Platts,oil,petroleum,fuel oil,HSFO,LSFO,low sulfur,high sulfur,sulphur,oil complex,bunker fuel,utilities Tim Worledge Paulina Lichwa-Garcia Tim Worledge, EMEA middle distillates team leader and Paulina Lichwa-Garcia, EMEA middle distillates editor, discuss the recent strength of the Mediterranean market for 0.1% gasoil and the contrasting fortunes of the Northwest Europe market. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Europe http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2012/jan/euromover011912.mp3 20 Jan 2012 06:15:00 EST 7:02 Platts,oil,gasoil,petroleum,middle distillates,Mediterranean,Northwest Europe,differentials,heating oil,oil demand,high sulfur,economic crisis Joel Hanley Benno Spencer Daniel Colover and Olivier Lejeune, EMEA crude editors, discuss the recent price volatility in the North Sea physical crude market; the impact of geopolitical tensions between Iran and the West and an unusual arbitrage opportunity between Europe and Asia. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Europe http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2012/jan/euromover011112.mp3 11 Jan 2012 07:00:00 EST 4:42 Platts,oil,crude oil,price volatility,North Sea,Iran,embargo,crude market,geopolitical,arbitrage,petroleum,Europe,Asia Richard Swann Robert Perkins Staurt Elliott In this discussion of the week's top oil stories, Richard Swann, Editorial director of oil news, Stuart Elliott, Platts regional oil editor, and Robert Perkins, London news correspondent, discuss the potential impact of a European ban of the importation of Iranian crude; and look at Petroplus', Europe's largest independent refiner, struggle to find new lenders after its credit supply line was cut off, and three of its five refineries were forced to shut down. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Roundtable/Archive/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Roundtable/Archive/2012/Jan/roundtable060112.mp3 06 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST 10:52 Platts,oil,crude oil,iran,petroplus,crude,price,financial,markets,europe,news,refining Joel Hanley Benno Spencer Joel Hanley, EMEA crude and dirty products managing editor, and Benno Spencer, European dirty products team leader, discuss the recent unprecedented strength in the Northwest European fuel oil market; examine the impact of the current diesel shortage in China on the Asian and Northwest European fuel oil markets; and assess the affect of upcoming global sulfur caps on the international fuel oil complex and the wider implications of current fuel oil production trends. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Europe http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2012/jan/euromover010512.mp3 05 Jan 2012 07:30:00 EST 5:50 Platts,oil,fuel oil,diesel,NWE,China,Asia,sulfur,HSFO,LSFO,oil complex,oil production Jim Magill Jim Magill, associate editor for Platts Gas Daily, discusses the significance of Texas and Colorado requiring drillers to disclose the contents of their hydraulic fracturing fluids and what the US Environmental Protection Agency discovered about the effects of fracking on groundwater pollution in Wyoming. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Americas http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2011/dec/amermover121511.mp3 8 Dec 2011 16:00:00 EST 6:15 Platts,oil,fracking,fracturing,EPA,Texas,Colorado,Wyoming Sean Barlett Paula Vanlanningham Sean Bartlett, European petrochemicals editor, and Paula Vanlanningham, EMEA editor for gasoline, discuss the ongoing strength of the MTBE market in Europe this winter, despite weakening demand. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsDetail/News/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/insightanalysis/podcasts/News/Archive/2011/dec/spotlight121411.mp3 15 Dec 2011 07:30:00 EST 6:41 Platts,petrochemicals,petroleum,gasoline,MTBE,oil,methyl tertiary-butyl ether,Europe,demand Elza Turner Tim Worledge Tim Worledge, European middle distillates team leader, and Elza Turner, refineries and Russian domestic market editor, discuss the recent and upcoming launches of diesel upgrades across many European and Russian refineries and the different reasons behind the investments http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Europe http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2011/dec/euromover121311.mp3 13 Dec 2011 12:00:00 EST 11:24 Platts,oil,diesel,petroleum,gasoline,petrochemicals,Russia,middle distillates,upgrades,refineries,refiners,refining,investments Meghan Gordon Meghan Gordon, senior writer for Platts Oilgram News, discusses the Obama administration's surprising delay of a decision on TransCanada's Keystone XL pipeline. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Americas http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2011/dec/amermover120811.mp3 8 Dec 2011 16:00:00 EST 5:20 Platts,oil,Keystone,Obama,TransCanada,pipeline Daniel Colover Natalia Beales Daniel Colover, Platts EMEA oil market reporter, and Natalia Beales, Platts Russian and Mediterranean crude oil editor, discuss the impact that the potential for an Iranian oil import embargo in Europe has had on the Russian Urals crude market. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Europe http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2011/dec/euromover120711.mp3 07 Dec 2011 10:00:00 EST 3:37 Platts,oil,crude oil,Iran,embargo,sanctions,Europe,Russia,Urals,oil imports John Kingston Alison Ciaccio Starr Spencer Platts editors discuss how this week's economic data affected crude prices, monthly import/export numbers for the US, and the first post-Macondo lease sale. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Roundtable/Archive/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/insightanalysis/podcasts/roundtable/archive/2011/dec/roundtable120211.mp3 02 Dec 2011 17:00:00 EST 9:57 Platts,oil,crude oil,crude,USGC,WTI,Brent,NYMEX,prices,Macondo,lease,sale,import,export Ellie Weir Eklavya Gupte Angela Velasco Ellie Weir discusses with Shipping editors Angela Velasco and Eklavya Gupte, the ramping-up of both crude oil exports and product imports from Libya since the fall of the Qadhafi regime and its effects on shipping rates and the premiums previously charged to travel to Libya. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Europe http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2011/nov/euromover113011.mp3 30 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST 4:04 Platts,shipping,oil,crude oil,Qadhafi Joel Hanley Natalia Beales Joel Hanley, managing editor, EMEA Crude Oil & Dirty Products, discusses with Crude editor Natalia Beales the ramping-up of oil exports from Libya since the fall of the Qadhafi regime and its effects on crude oil values in the Mediterranean. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Europe http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2011/nov/euromover112311.mp3 23 Nov 2011 11:00:00 EST 9:22 Platts,oil,crude oil,ramp up,Libya,Arab Spring,oil exports,oil prices,Qadhafi,Mediterranean John Kingston Beth Evans Lucretia Cardenas Platts editors discuss the one major story this week. The spread between WTI and Brent crudes collapsed November 16, after it was announced that the Seaway crude pipeline would be reversed to take a glut of crude in the Midcontinent to Gulf Coast refiners. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Roundtable/Archive/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/insightanalysis/podcasts/roundtable/archive/2011/nov/roundtable111711.mp3 17 Nov 2011 17:10:00 EST 14:56 Platts,oil,crude oil,crude,Cushing,USGC,WTI,Brent,NYMEX,pipeline John Gerstenlauer Richard Swann In the first of this month's Platts/Oil Council podcasts, John Gerstenlauer, Chief Operating Officer of Gulf Keystone Petroleum, talks with Richard Swann, Platts director of oil news, about Gulf Keystone's success in northern Iraq, how the entry of ExxonMobil into Kurdistan has changed the landscape and why he thinks his company could become a takeover target. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oilmatters/Archive/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oilmatters/Archive/2011/nov/oilmatters111711.mp3 17 Nov 2011 11:15:00 EST 15:03 Platts,oil,crude oil,Alaska,drilling,refining,TAPS,ACES,tax Benno Spencer Anna Ward Ned Molloy Benno Spencer, EMEA dirty products team leader, discusses the current weakness of the European naphtha market with Anna Ward, EMEA naphtha editor, while fuel oil editor Ned Molloy provides insight into the current strength of the high sulfur fuel oil complex, which together have seen the lightest product crack fall below the heaviest. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Europe http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2011/nov/euromover111611.mp3 16 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST 5:46 Platts,oil,naphtha,HSFO,fuel oil,high sulfur,crack Richard Swann Geoff King Robert Perkins Platts editors discuss the details of the latest International Energy Agency report; the potential threat of high oil prices on the global economy; the oil markets reaction to the latest developments in Iran's nuclear program, and the European economic crisis; and lastly the discovery of up to billion barrels of recoverable shale oil and gas in Argentina. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Roundtable/Archive/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/insightanalysis/podcasts/roundtable/archive/2011/nov/roundtable111111.mp3 11 Nov 2011 17:15:00 EST 13:28 Platts,oil,crude oil,drilling,crude,iran,libya,price,IEA,shale,drilling,repsol,argentina Robert Sharp Robert Sharp, manager, downstream market development, discusses the increase in ethanol exports, a law intended to increase domestic fuel ethanol production actually making it easier to export, and the predicted outcome of the ethanol blending credit slated to go away on December 31. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Americas http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2011/nov/amermover111011.mp3 10 Nov 2011 16:00:00 EST 3:11 Platts,oil,ethanol,exports,imports Joel Hanley Olivier Lejeune Joel Hanley, managing editor, EMEA crude oil and dirty products, and Olivier Lejeune, North Sea crude market editor, discuss the strong and sustained backwardation of the ICE Brent curve, despite the growing supply coming out of Libya. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Europe http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2011/nov/euromover110911.mp3 09 Nov 2011 09:00:00 EST 5:27 Platts,oil,crude oil,North Sea,futures,Forties,ICE Brent,Brent,Libya,Arab Spring Beth Evans Starr Spencer Gary Taylor Beth Evans, senior managing editor for Platts Oilgram News, Starr Spencer and Gary Taylor, senior writers based in Houston, discuss Transocean shares falling on post-Macondo downtime concerns, Sunoco's interest in running more Midcontinent US crudes such as those in the Bakken Shale, and Alon shares up over 30% after CEO says sees best profits in years. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Roundtable/Archive/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/insightanalysis/podcasts/roundtable/archive/2011/nov/roundtable110411.mp3 04 Nov 2011 17:00:00 EST 13:28 Platts,oil,crude oil,drilling,crude,price,Canada,Bakken,shale,drilling,Transocean,Sunoco,Macondo Gary Gentile Gary Gentile, senior writer for Plats Oilgram News, discusses the permit that has been issued to BP for drilling its first deepwater well since the Macondo disaster last year and the new Center for Offshore Safety committee, which will help companies comply with federal safety regulations. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Americas http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2011/oct/amermover102811.mp3 28 Oct 2011 15:30:00 EST 7:16 Platts,oil,natural gas,propane,exports,supply,demand,shale John Kingston Leslie Moore Mira Esa Ramasamy John Kingston, director of news, Leslie Moore Mira, reporter, and Esa Ramasamy, director of markets, discuss the explosion of crude coming out of the Bakken and oil sands in Canada and relatedly, the controversy over the Keystone XL pipeline and whether Nebraska could reroute the pipeline away from environmentally sensitive areas. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Roundtable/Archive/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/insightanalysis/podcasts/roundtable/archive/2011/oct/roundtable102111.mp3 21 Oct 2011 17:00:00 EST 9:57 Platts,oil,crude oil,drilling,crude,price,Canada,Bakken,shale,Pennsylvania,Nebraska,environment Steven McGinn Steven McGinn, associate editor for natural gas liquids, discusses the supply growth of propane in the US market and how exports will likely keep the US supply/demand balance tight. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Americas http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2011/oct/amermover101811.mp3 18 Oct 2011 07:30:00 EST 6:22 Platts,oil,natural gas,propane,exports,supply,demand,shale Benno Spencer Sophie Byron Benno Spencer, team leader of EMEA Dirty Products, and Sophie Byron, EMEA fuel oil editor, discuss the current strength of the European high sulfur fuel oil complex, focusing on the recent refinery fire at Shell's Pulau Bukom site and the increased demand from Northwest Europe this has brought, as well as examining the ongoing strength of the Mediterranean fuel oil market. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Europe http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2011/oct/euromover101311.mp3 13 Oct 2011 07:30:00 EST 3:20 Platts,oil,dirty products,high sulfur fuel oil,HSFO,fuel oil,oil complex,refinery,refinery fire,Pulau Pukom,Singapore,Northwest Europe,Mediterranean John Kingston Robert Mayer Starr Spencer John Kingston, director of news, Robert Mayer, associate editor, and Starr Spencer, senior editor, discuss the loss of production from ConocoPhillips' shuttered Trainer, Pennsylvania, refinery; China's minority stakes in Gulf Coast deepwater wells; and the decline of production on Alaska's North Slope versus the increase of rail transport in the lower 48 states. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Roundtable/Archive/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/insightanalysis/podcasts/roundtable/archive/2011/oct/roundtable100711.mp3 07 Oct 2011 17:00:00 EST 11:40 Platts,oil,crude oil,drilling,crude,price,financial,markets,Alaska,USAC,USGC,Trainer,refining,refinery Curtis Burton John Kingston In the first of this month's Platts/Oil Council podcasts, Curtis Burton, CEO, Buccanner Energy, talks with John Kingston, Platts director of news, about Buccanner's expansion in Alaska, risk mitigation, and the effects of Alaska's Clear & Equitable Share (ACES) oil tax system. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oilmatters/Archive/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oilmatters/Archive/2011/oct/oilmatters100611a.mp3 07 Oct 2011 07:15:00 EST 16:00 Platts,oil,crude oil,Alaska,drilling,refining,TAPS,ACES,tax Joe Balash John Kingston In the second of this month's Platts/Oil Council podcasts, Joe Balash, deputy commissioner, Department of Natural Resources, talks with John Kingston, Platts director of news, about the decline of the Trans-Alaska pipeline and the consequences of the ACES tax regime. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oilmatters/Archive/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oilmatters/Archive/2011/oct/oilmatters100611b.mp3 07 Oct 2011 07:15:00 EST 14:19 Platts,oil,crude oil,Alaska,drilling,refining,TAPS,ACES,tax Ellie Weir Eklavya Gupte Ellie Weir, team leader of EMEA Shipping, and Eklavya Gupte, EMEA shipping editor, discuss the world of Aframaxes in the Mediterranean and Black Sea as recent traffic restrictions through the Turkish Straits have caused a large increase in delays supporting higher freight rates. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/oil/Archive/index/Europe http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/InsightAnalysis/Podcasts/Oil/Archive/2011/oct/euromover100611.mp3 06 Oct 2011 07:15:00 EST 5:26 Platts,oil,crude oil,Russia,middle distillates,gasoil,diesel,diesel specification,world markets Joel Hanley Margaret McQuaile Robert Perkins Joel Hanley, managing editor for crude oil and dirty products, joined by senior news correspondents, Margaret McQuaile and Robert Perkins, discuss the oil supply picture in the EMEA region, focusing on Libya beginning the effort to restore production to pre-uprising levels of close to 1.6 million b/d and OPEC's expected response; and assess the impact of UK crude production falling to its lowest-ever level in August as output from the North Sea continued its long-term decline and following the closure of a pipeline. http://www.platts.com/PodcastsArchive/Roundtable/Archive/index http://www.platts.com/IM.Platts.Content/insightanalysis/podcasts/roundtable/archive/2011/sep/roundtable093011.mp3 30 Sep 2011 11:00:00 EST 11:00 Platts,oil,crude oil,libya,syria,sanctions,oil prices,exxonmobil, rosneft,bp